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French prime minister Georges Clemenceau (left), US president Woodrow Wilson (centre) and British PM David Lloyd George at the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in June 1919. The treaty's provisions have been blamed for causing the Second World War. (Image by Topfoto)

First World War

Did the Versailles peace treaty trigger another world war?

Crowds protest in Tehran

20th Century

Opinion: is Iran a nation at war with itself?

An illustration of Jeffrey Hudson and Queen Henrietta Maria

Stuart

The amazing life of Jeffrey Hudson, the queen's dwarf

A poster for Terence Fisher's 1958 horror 'Dracula'

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From Dracula to The Historian: 5 gothic novels that reflected the anxieties of their age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Setting a trap: East German soldiers construct the Berlin Wall, 13 August 1961. The barrier was an attempt to stop the flood of Germans fleeing from east to west – yet, as scores of audacious escape bids attest, it didn't entirely succeed. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

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Escape from East Berlin: an audacious bid to tunnel under the Berlin Wall. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A vintage colour postcard, possibly produced to send Christmas greetings from the frontline, somewhere on the Western Front, during the First World War, c1918. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

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Christmas10 ways Christmas was celebrated during the First World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

20th Century

Mixed-race babies born after the Second World War

Margaret Thatcher enters Downing Street

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How to win an election: 25 general elections and where they were won – and lost. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Stretcher bearers at Passchendaele

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The forgotten triumphs of Passchendaele. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Louis XIV in 1701.

Stuart

From musketeers to Macron: 10 remarkable facts about the Sun King, Louis XIV

Rotten boroughs cartoon

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9 general election curiosities through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A voter in a British election in 1923.

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A new political climate? The UK's long tradition of winter elections. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tourists at Stonehenge

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Stonehenge: a prehistoric tourist trap. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ragnar Lothbrok. (Illustration by Georgie Gozem for BBC History Magazine)

Viking

Ragnar Lothbrok: the legend of the immortal Viking and his sons

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A medieval new England: the Anglo-Saxons’ eastern odyssey. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Einstein on the run

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Einstein on the run: when the brilliant scientist fled to England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Knole, a house on an epic scale that's now run by the National Trust.

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ExploreKnole: the grandest of family homes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A c1880 Christmas card shows a frog committing murder

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Carrots, goblins and killer frogs: an unexpected history of Christmas. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Oskar Schindler, who prevented hundreds of Jews from being murdered in the Holocaust

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History heroSimon Reeve chooses Oskar Schindler (1908–74). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Few war leaders have been more profoundly steeped in history than Winston Churchill, who drew inspiration from his ancestor – and one of Britain's most celebrated generals – the Duke of Marlborough (left). (Images by Getty Images/Bridgeman

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Sending history into battle: the lessons that war leaders have tried to learn from the past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rosa Parks rides an integrated bus

20th Century

From Rosa Parks to Martin Luther King: the boycott that inspired the dream

Princess Margaret wearing a fur coat

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Princess Margaret: from glamorous royal to a slide into tragedy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Isabella I of Castile. (Photo by PHAS/UIG via Getty Images)

Medieval

Isabella I of Castile: Europe’s greatest queen?

British writer Roald Dahl

Second World War

Roald Dahl11 things you might not know about the children's author

The ninth-century Alfred Jewel, adorned with the inscription: "Alfred ordered me to be made". This masterpiece of Anglo-Saxon art is thought to have been an aestel, a pointer used to follow text. (Picture by Alamy)

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10 ways the Anglo-Saxons changed the course of British history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

President John F Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Texas governor John Connally ride through the streets of Dallas

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The assassination of JFK: an eyewitness account. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Viking ships arriving in Britain, c1130. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty

Anglo-Saxon

From the raid on Lindisfarne to Harald Hardrada's defeat: 8 Viking dates you need to know

Hallie Rubenhold photographed in London. "In the 19th century, being both poor and a woman was a terrible combination. The cards were stacked against them," she says. (Photography by Fran Monks)

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Hallie Rubenhold: “To most people, the women killed by the Ripper are just corpses. I want to tell a different story”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II

Medieval

Why has the British monarchy survived?

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Mary I: the forgotten trailblazer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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